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looking at the predictions in some people's sigs, they expect some consoles to sell more during these next 2 months then they have all year

is this realisitc?

like I've seen 40mil Wii predictions...honestly 7 mil in 2 months and 1 week?

some of these seem a little steep



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the Hoilday months make up almost half the yearly sales. So yeah people really arent that far off



The wii sold 1.5 Million the week of the 21st last year worldwide...



Former something....

just wait and see.



 

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not doubting any consoles ability

...I'm just not very convinced that the holidays sell THAT many consoles



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Did you just see the other guy saying Wii sold 1.5mil in one week? The increases aren't just in Christmas week, they are up for the holiday season (2-3 months).



especially the wii, it sells crazy during holidays.



 

 

 

 

Look at 2007:

Between January and October, the 360 jumped from 8m to 12m. From October to New Years, it went to 15.6m.

Wii? Jan-Oct went from 3-12, and then 12 - 19m from Oct to Dec.

PS3? Jan - Oct 1.2 - 5m, and then 5m to 8.8m from Oct to Dec.

Of course there are some reasons to think that this year won't quite behave like last:

1) 360 had a significant price cut this year, but no "Halo" level software.
2) Wii is less supply constrained, so it could actually do better.
3) PS3 sales simply sucked the first half of 2007. The second half boost came, in part, from a price cut and new model. Without those, and economic fears, it is the PS3 that is most likely to see a decreased performance (though it has strong enough software, and BR support, so that's far from guaranteed).



niksta2 said:

looking at the predictions in some people's sigs, they expect some consoles to sell more during these next 2 months then they have all year

is this realisitc?

like I've seen 40mil Wii predictions...honestly 7 mil in 2 months and 1 week?

some of these seem a little steep

I was the exact same way last year, and as such, all of my predictions were pretty low. The holiday season typically makes up about 40% of yearly sales from what I've seen.

 



 

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Oh, don't underestimate the power of kids and Christmas! Last year, I bought my 6 year old a laptop. Whatever baby wants, baby gets! Video games are the hot item for about 2 decades. When Joe the plumber, Joe sicpack, or even Joe Mo sexual looks into a little kids eyes, and that kid wants a console, nothing's gonna stop him.